I received mine today. I ordered the 1A and I’m going to tell you that is the brightest 600 lumens I’ve ever seen. It’s as bright as my convoy s2 8*7135 1a. You can’t tell the difference between them when I double click my OTR M3 it’s bright. I really love it. Thanks!
I was impressed with this offering. Other than not having the lumens it advertised, this is a very nice light. Great UI. Good price. Nice package. New company? Seems like a win-win. Wish more companies approached the game like this.
Yes! My 5C came in the mail yesterday. I love the UI more than my S10. And that tint…whoah. It looks maybe too yellow inside but outside it’s amazing. I walked around my property for 20 min just checking things out with my new light. If I got a 1A do you think it will be brighter than the 5C? Great little light.
do you think they are 940 lumens in real life or is that overstated? how does it compare against an olight s1 in brightness? especially since olight s1’s are selling for 26 bucks USD on sale on banggood
M3 lumens is overrated, and I have already put a note at the beginning of gb thread . Actual lumen value is about 600lm-650lm. You will be able to achieve slightly over 700lm with the help of copper MCPCB mod and imr cell.
Of course it was over rated, so were most of the women I dated
Didn’t stop me for going back for more.
600 lumens on a 16340 is pretty much par for the course, they are probably doing you a favor not being 900+ as it will just drain the already small cell faster.
Still a good light for the money.
Later,
Keith
I measured my M3 5C stock, but using an EFEST V2 550 mAh cell and got:
lumens: 680 @start, 658 @ 30secs
Then after reflowing the stock LED on a 16mm Noctigon and replacing the stock LED wires with good, shorter 24 AWG, I got:
lumens: 734 @start, 724 @30 secs (notice there is less drop now over the first 30secs? That's because of the copper DTP star!!)
For a CW 1A, I'd expect or guess 10-15% higher on a good IMR cell. We usually quote the 30 second time as the lumens measurement, as according to ANSI/NEMA FL1 standards.
So for a stock CW 1A M3, I'd expect to see 720-740 rated output lumens on a good IMR cell. Not sure how that compares to the supplied cell, might be close.
Of course, this assumes (big assumption) my light box is well calibrated (I think it's decent ).